Magnum's Musings – Magnum's Easy NPCs For Rifts

Join me, Magnum π, as I share my method for creating NPCs easily, on the fly, for Palladium Books' Rifts ttrpg.

Character creation isn't nearly as long a process as the naysayers would have you think, but it still takes time. Managing NPCs during play takes time. These methods will save you time making and running impromptu and recurring NPC tropes in your games.

Timestamps

00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:10 Kinds of NPCs
00:03:48 Simplifying PC-NPC Interactions
00:05:55 Impromptu NPCs
00:10:29 Recurring NPC Stat Blocks
00:14:01 CS Grunt Stat Block Example
00:16:15 Building the Easy NPC System

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